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Interview w/Tribal Chief #10: Pakistan

By Steven Pressfield | Published: December 11, 2009
SP: Chief Zazai, I’d like to talk to you today on the subject of Pakistan. More than any other aspect of the Afghan conflict, I think, the subject of Pakistani involvement is confusing to Americans. Even extremely well-versed observers ask, “Whose side is Pakistan on?” You, more than anyone I know, are in a position [...]
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An Interview with an Afghan Tribal Chief, Part #1

By Steven Pressfield | Published: November 13, 2009
[The blog is out of town this week.  Here is a re-boot of our first post in this ongoing series. See you Monday!] This will be the first of a multi-part conversation with Chief Ajmal Khan Zazai of Paktia province, Afghanistan. Let’s plunge right in. SP: Chief Zazai, this summer you were elected to the paramountcy of eleven [...]
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Interview with a Tribal Chief #4: Warlords and Taliban

By Steven Pressfield | Published: October 23, 2009
[The blog is "on the road" this week.  Here is a re-run of the most clicked interview so far.  See you next week!] Welcome back, Chief Zazai, after last week’s break in our ongoing, multi-part interview. As you know, we took that space last week to post an open letter to Gens. Jones, Petraeus, McChrystal and [...]
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An Open Letter to Gen. James Jones, National Security Advisor

By Steven Pressfield | Published: October 9, 2009
[This week has been a rough one for our troops in Afghanistan--and a contentions one among policymakers here in the States.  I'm going to interrupt our ongoing interview with tribal chief Ajmal Khan Zazai to post this open letter.  The same note was sent by e-mail two days ago to the parties below.] TO: Gen. James [...]
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Interview with a Tribal Chief, Part 2: Warlords

By Steven Pressfield | Published: October 2, 2009
  SP: Welcome back, Chief Zazai, for this second installment of our multi-part interview. As our readers know from last week, you are a paramount chief of eleven tribes in your home district, the Zazi Valley in Paktia province. Your father fought the Soviets and the Taliban and was assassinated in 2000; you yourself have fought [...]
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